About Me
Hello! I'm Cecilia, a fashion design graduate from NTU
Cecilia has thoroughly enjoyed developing skills in CAD, pattern cutting and manufacture throughout university. Her USP is attention to detail in design. Her interests lie in manufacture; from a young age Cecilia was drawn to fashion because of the high level of precision required from the original design to the finished piece.
I have previously designed menswear, unisex and womenswear; I am fascinated with menswear because of the importance of attention to detail. However, my experience mostly lies in womenswear. I enjoy researching and immersing myself in unusual concepts in design, resulting in a surge of inspiration, enjoying the creative process which culminates in my design. I appreciate fabric manipulation in design and often this will be a starting point for my projects.
INSPIRATION
My inspiration for my graduate collection is reconstructive plastic surgery.
For my FMP, I studied reconstructive plastic surgery. I explored the themes of identity, reconstruction, and transformation, incorporating tailoring and fabric manipulation into the collection. Tailoring is a challenging specialism - it requires precision, attention to detail, and I have found it very rewarding learning about this practice. Fabric manipulation played a vital part in my design, including frills and ruffles in varying proportions to ensure attention to detail within all the outfits.
The message from my FMP collection is 'aspiring to create a more positive view of physical disfigurements' with strong references to the Japanese art, Kintsugi. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold; it is built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art. Although inspired by the rawness and gory topic of reconstructive surgery, my aim was to create a beautiful collection.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
Concept page 1
Concept page 2
Concept page 3
Colour and fabric
Design development of outfit 1
Design development of outfit 2
Processes
Final illustrated line-up
Product range
Technical drawings of look 1 and 2
Technical drawings of look 3 and 4
Technical drawings of look 5 and 6
Photoshoot of look 1
Photoshoot of look 2
Interchanging the jackets of the outfits
DETAIL
Using a wide range of fabric allows me to communicate visual differences for the collection.
For my collection it was crucial to have a variety of textures and weights of fabrics to reflect that everyone is unique and beautiful in their own right. The fabrics used in my collection are leather, silk dupion, silk noil, silk mousseline, satins, cotton drill, cotton scrubs and polyester. Leather and silk mousseline are very far apart from each other in texture, drape and weight. The contrasting fabrics I chose support my final message and collection title, ‘Embracing the Beauty of Change.’
"DRESS SHABBILY AND THEY REMEMBER THE DRESS; DRESS IMPECCABLY AND THEY REMEMBER THE WOMAN" - Coco Chanel
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